Automatic sacking and weighing apparatus



y 14, 1935- R. JARRIER AUTOMATIC SACKING AND WEIGHING APPARATUS Filed May 1, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 mvlNTOR:

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May 14, 1935. h. JARRIER AUTOMATIC SACKING AND WEIGHING APPARATUS Filed May 1, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 2

s; Tame r INV ENTOR:

Manny,

May 14, 1935. R JARRIER 2,000,958

AUTOMATIC SACKING AND WEIGHING APPARATUS Filed May 1, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Wan 3Q Y Y r INVENTOR;

Patented Ma 14, 935 2,000,958

UNITED STATES PATENT orrics AUTOMATIC BACKING AND WEIGHING- APPARATUS Dene Jarrier, 8t.-Qnentln, France, aseignor to Bartlett Arkell, New York, N. Y.

Application May 1, 1928, Serial No. 274,829 In France May 20, 1927 9 Claims. (Cl. 249-60) The present invention relates to an apparatus tube rest upon a frame II to which is secured the for the automatic sacking and weighing of matebracket ii for the electric motor 8. rial in grains or powder, characterized in that the The apparatus holding the sack 8 during the sack, which is filled by a sacking device, is mainloading operation consists a wheeled truck tained upon a weighing machine of a known type comprising a bottom plate I! provided with two 5 by suitable supporting means, said weighing maaxles I3 carrying at the ends the respective wheels chine being adapted for the automatic control l4. Two bearings i5, mounted on the said plate, of the stopping of the said sacking device when carry the axle it upon which is mounted in the the sack contains a determined quantity of maoverhung position a movable disc ll carrying a 10 terial. counterweight iii. A hook it, controlled by a 10 According to another feature of the invention, spring 20, may be operated by a pedal 2|. Upon the apparatus comprises a conveyor of the screw the said movable plate are mounted the uprights or other type for transporting the material to be 22 forming two trestles, and carrying at the top placed in the sacks, and the automatic device contwo pairs of grips 23 faced with india rubber or 16 trolled by the weighing machine will automaticalthe like, whose arms 24 are movable on the axles ly stop the action of the said conveyor. 25. The other two arms 26 of the said grips are Another characteristic of the apparatus constationary, but are slidable upon one another, sists in the fact that the screw of the said conand said arms 24 can be held in the closed posiveyor has a gradually increasing pitch. The tion by the pin 21. The axles II are vertically spiral turns are close together at the start and slidable in the guides 28 provided with stopping 20 their spacing gradually increases in order to prenotches. One of the trestles formed by the upvent the clogging of the powdered material in rights 22 may be displaced according to the axis the interior of the conveyor tube in the case in of the apparatus by sliding in the guides 22' in which said material is in a somewhat moist state such manner as to regulate the spacing of the in which clogging would be apprehended. grips 23 according to the width of the sack to be 25 Further characteristics of the invention will be filled. specified in the following description with refer- An ordinary weighing apparatus 29 carries upon ence to the appended drawings which are given its platform 30 the rails 3| adapted for use with byway of example. 1 the wheels I 4 of the wheeled truck. The scale 30 Fig. 1 is a general view of the apparatus, with beam 32 rests upon a rod 33 connected wi h n 30 parts in section, and arm 34 of a. rocking lever pivotally mounted on g 2 15 the corresponding side View the axle 35; the other arm supports a counterm 3 1s a horizontal section on the line 3-3 weight 36. The said am 1S with a of Fig. 2 showing the supporting truck and the stud All Insulating Plate 33 0811188 8 9 85 discharge of t sacks and a second insulating plate 40 on which are 35 Fig. 4 is a plan view of the arrangement of grips mounted a mercury cup ii and a support 42 for for holding the sack. 0 the axle 35. The cup ii and support 42 are con- 1 5 13 an devauonal View of a modified fo nected with the respective poles of a source of curof t tipping truck, and rent by the wires 4344. A small rod 45 is very 6 is the corresponding plan View loosely-pivoted on an axle 46 mounted on a plate 40 m. 7 shows a f t device 41 which is secured to the scale beam 32 and is m 8 represents an automatic switching device held in the vertical position by its own weight. whose subsequent closing is prevented, and The statmnary Part the [weighing apparatus Fl 9 is the corresponding side View carries a stop 48 provided with an inclined plane 45 In the form of construction herein represented, a a f handle mulled 45 y a spr l r the apparatus comprises a hopper I, and a filling The o peration is as follows. tube 2 having at the lower part i 3 3: The sack is placed upon the said wheeled truck, d conta g the endless screw w c it being held between the grips 23 which are 50 table at each end in a ball bearing maintained in the closed position by the closing of so nsbeerinss 6 at the respective ends the arms 24 held by the pin :1. The said truck is vent the material from entering the ball bearings pushed upon the weighing apparatus, at the same 6. Upon the shaft 01 the S id r w i mounted time, inserting the tube 2 into a valve formed a pulley 1 which is connected by the belt 8 with in the sack in such manner that the orifice 8 66- an electric motor S. The said hopper and iilling will properly open into the interior "of the sack.

The height of the arms 24-26 is adjusted by sliding the axles 25 in the guides 19 so that the sack will not be hung upon the tube 2 and that its whole weight rests upon the weighing machine through the medium of the wheeled truck.

The rod 49 is pushed by the handle 50, thus turning the rod 45 on the axle 46 so that it will no longer bear upon the stop 48. The scale beam 32 gradually rises as the weight of the sack increases, and the weight 35 turns the rocking lever on the axle 35, thus gradually drawing the stud 31 out of the mercury cup 4|. When the weight of the sack attains the proper value, the stud I! is entirely released from the mercury, the circuit is broken, and the motor 9 stops. The rod 45 rests vertically upon the stop 48, thus preventing all descent of the scale beam, and hence preventing all improper engagement of the switching device. The sack is released from the tube 2 by pushing the wheeled truck off the weighing apparatus and then by pressing the pedal 2| the operator moves the hook l9 and thus releases the movable disc I! which is rotated on the axle l6 by the weight of the sack. The arms 24 are opened, and the sack is made to slide oil. the wheeled truck, whilst the weight It brings the movable disc I! into the horizontal position and is again engaged below the hook l9 which is brought into position by the spring 20. The machine is now ready to receive another sack.

The pivoting truck may have a different construction. It may consist of a single plate 52 carrying two axles 53 and 54 on which are mounted the wheels 55 and 56, travelling respectively on the rails 51 and 58, the spacing of the rails 51 being less than the spacing of the rails 58. The said rails 51 and 58 are bent in a vertical plane, the first rails being bent upwardly and the second downwardly. By pushing the truck, the axle 53 will descend along the rails 51 and the axle 54 will make contact with the rails 58, thus giving the plate an inclined position and enabling the sack to slide off by its own weight.

The aforesaid safety arrangement which serves to prevent all improper release of the electric switch device, may be replaced by a circuitbreaker with minimum action. This safety can also be obtained by the switch itself, for instance in the following manner. An insulating plate 59 is mounted loose on an axle 60; two arms ii are pivoted on the same axle 50 and carry a counterweight 62 and a rocking lever 53; one of the arms 61 is connected with a rod 64. One end of the plate 59 is secured to a rod 65 and carries a bent rod 55 adapted to close an electric circuit; the other end of the plate rests upon a stop 51 mounted on an insulating plate carrying the mercury cups 69 and resting upon screw rod 10. The mercury cups 59 are connected respectively with a source of current and with the poles of the motor 9.

The operation is as follows:

The rod 64 is pushed forward in order to pivot the counterweight 5i upon the axle 50. In this movement, the rocking lever 63 presses upon the plate 59 which turns upon the axle 60 and thus inserts the contacts 65 into the mercury cups 69, thus supplying current to the motor 9. The plate 59 now has the horizontal position. When the sack attains the proper weight, the scale beam 32 makes contact with the lower end of the rod 65, thus slightly raising it and overturning the weight 62; the said weight when falling upon the plate 59 causes the said plate to pivot on the axle 60, thus causing a quick break of the circuit by releasing the contacts 55 from the cups '9. The screw rod Hi allows the vertical adjustment of the rod 55 in such manner that its lower end makes contact with the scale beam when this is in the horizontal position.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine for the automatic sacking and weighing of materials in a divided state, comprising in combination weighing means, means for conveying the material to be sacked, means operatively connected to said weighing means for automatically stopping said conveying means when a given weight of material has been sacked, a rolling truck, a platform pivoted to said truck about a substantially horizontal axis and means for fastening said platform in the horizontal position and releasing the same at will and supporting means upon said platform for maintaining the sacks in the sacking position.

2. In a machine as claimed in claim 1, the feature of disposing said supporting means in such relation with respect to said horizontal axis that the weight of a filled sack tends to tilt said platform in one direction about said axis, and the provision of means for urging said platform in the opposite direction.

3. A machine for the automatic sacking and weighing of materials in a divided state comprising in combination weighing means, means for supporting a sack on said weighing means, means for conveying the material to be sacked into said sack, a motor for driving said conveying means, a fixed electric contact member in the circuit of said motor, a pivoting member adapted to oscillate about a horizontal axis, a movable contact member on said pivoting member, and in the circuit of said motor, said movable contact member being adapted to cooperate with said fixed contact member, a weighted member operatively connected to said pivoting member in order to be positioned in unstable equilibrium when said contact members are in conductive engage- .ment, a projecting member connected to said pivoting member and adapted to be engaged and moved by a movable part of said weighing means, whereby said weighted member is caused to fall into a. stable position thereby bringing the pivoting member into a position in which said contacts are disengaged, and means for restoring at will said weighted member and pivoting member into the closing position.

4. A machine for the automatic sacking and weighing of materials in a divided state, comprising in combination a weighing bridge, a truck adapted to be pushed upon said weighing bridge, a sack supporting platform carried by said truck and adapted to be tipped at will, means for conveying the material into said sack, means operatively connected to the scale beam of said weighing bridge for automatically stopping said conveying means when the sack is filled with a given weight of material, and means for controlling the tipping of said platform.

5. A machine for the automatic sacking and weighing of materials in a divided state comprising in combination a weighing bridge, a hopper, a substantially horizontal tube projecting from the lowest part of the hopper and extending above and across the weighing platform, said tube being provided with a discharge orifice above the weighing bridge and communicating with the interiorofthehoppenanendlessscrewrotatably mountedwithinsaidtubeandextendingintothc hopper for conveying the material towards the discharge orii'ice, power means for rotating said screw, a truck adapted to be pushed upon said weighing bridge, means carried by the truck for supporting a sack in registering position with the discharge orifice, and means operatively connected to the scale beam for automatically stoppingsaidscrewwhen thesackisfllledwitha given weight of material.

6. A machine for the automatic sacking and weighing in valve-bags of materials in a divided state comprising in combination a weighing bridge, a hopper, a tube having a discharge oriilce stationarily supported by the lower part of said hopper and projecting therefrom across the weighing platform, said tube being further adapted to freely enter the valve of the bag, a rotary screw conveyor extending from the bottom of the hopper and within said tube and extendin across the discharge orifice, driving means controlled by an electric circuit for actuating said screw conveyor, said electric circuit including switching means arranged to be set out of conductive relation in response to the displacement of the scale beam, whereby the screw conveyor will be automatically stopped when the sack has been filled with a predetermined weight of material.

7. A machine for the automatic sacking and weighing in valve-bags of materials in a divided state comprising in combination a weighing bridge. a hopper, a tube having a discharge oriflee stationarily supported by the lower part of said hopper and projecting therefrom across the weighing platform, said tube being further adapted to freely enter the valve of the bag, a rotary screw conveyor extending from the bottom of the hopper and within said tube and extending across the discharge orifice, driving means controlled by an electric circuit for actuating said screw conveyor, said electric circuit including a swins nsly mounted switch disposed in the path oftheendofthescale beamsoastobestruck by the latter to cut 01! said circuit and stop the conveyor in to the sack being filled with a predetermined weight of material.

8. An automatic sacking and weighing machine for materials in a divided state comprising in combination a weighing bridge, means for conveying the material to be sacked into said sack, driving means controlled by an electric circuit for actuating said conveying means, said electric circuit including switching means comprising a stationary electric contact member, a pivoting member adapted to swing about a horizontal axis and carrying a contact member adapted to cooperate with said stationary contact member, a counterweight adapted to cooperate with said pivoting member to hold the contact members in conductive engagement and so positioned that it will be in unstable equilibrium at the same time, said weight being further arranged in operative relation with the free end of the scale beam of said weighing bridge so as to be slightly displaced in response to the latter coming into its balance position, whereby it will fall into a stable position thus rotating the pivoting member into a position where said contacts are disengaged.

9. In an automatic sacking and weighing machine as claimed in claim 8, the further feature residing in that means operatively connected with said weight is disposed in the path of the free endof thescalebeamsoastobestruckbythe latter coming into its balance position.

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